The government has announced the biggest nuclear programme in a generation, which includes £14.2bn to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. It has also confirmed that Rolls Royce will ...

Microreactors could transform clean energy by delivering safe, mobile nuclear power, but high costs, regulatory barriers, and ...

Every time nuclear energy appears promising, a meltdown, political backlash, or cost overrun pushes it back into the shadows. However, with tech giants eyeing carbon-free power for their energy-hungry ...

The algorithm is grounded in math and physics and allows a nuclear microreactor to automatically control its thermal power.

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran's key nuclear facilities—Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

The challenge of how to train and develop the workforce needed for the proposed tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050 ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is under a hiring freeze, as most of the federal government has been for nearing 10 months.

Lockheed Martin's concept for a fission surface power (FSP) system on the surface of the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor ...

China’s ambitious plan to dramatically pull back from fossil fuels is perhaps most evident in the explosive growth of its nuclear energy program. The latest news suggests China may be tantalizingly ...

The US has built three reactors in the past 30 years, but now Westinghouse will stand up 10 in partnership with Google. But its last project was seven years late and bankrupt the company. Emily is an ...

New York's energy future faces “extreme uncertainty,” according to the lead analyst for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The war in Ukraine upended the global supply of ...